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Picked up the iPad mini today
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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1466057" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>I didn't type extensively on it, but it was clumsier. I went ahead and reactivated it to make some more detailed observations. In portrait, forget thumb typing with two hands. My palms are over the keys on the sides. In landscape, with two hands, I can thumb it ok but it's a little bit of a stretch to the center, and I have big hands. My wife can't do it with her smaller hands. Her palms also hang over a bit in portrait mode like mine did. Basically... if you are going to type, hold it in landscape with one hand, hunt/peck with the other hand. Or use Siri.</p><p></p><p>One other point to make is that holding it with both hands requires the wrists to be flexed a little more than they would be with the larger iPad. Not a whole lot more... I just compared and it's more at the elbows than the wrists that I found myself adjusting with, but it does feel a little more awkward.</p><p></p><p>My impression here is that Apple made a mistake by narrowing the bezel. They should have left it thick all the way around. I think they should have kept the size as is; thickened the bezel and in the process make the display the same aspect ratio as the iPhone 5; tightened up the pixel density so the resolution matches the iPhone 5; and allowed it to run iPhone apps with their Retina assets. Actually the pixel density would have to be tighter to accommodate existing non-Retina iPad apps also. So rather than 1136x640 to match the iPhone 5, it'd have to be 1364x768. This would also make it more competitive with other devices like the Nexus 7, which I was considering. Right now, I think the iPad mini is just overpriced given the lower res display.</p><p></p><p>Long-term, here's what I think Apple should be doing to accommodate the demands of the market in the near future. Make 2 models of the iPhone and the iPad. One model of the iPhone matching the current aspect ratio of the iPhone 5, and a second that is wider that matches the iPad "maxi" at 4:3. Make the iPad mini the 16:9 aspect version of the iPad line and leave the iPad "maxi" as-is (16:9 just won't work at that size). Drop support for non-Retina iPhones and the iPad 1/2 so developers can target Retina iPhone/iPod touch; Retina iPad; and iPad mini. It will be a very long time before they can do a Retina version of the iPad mini without compromising battery life and weight anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1466057, member: 38864"] I didn't type extensively on it, but it was clumsier. I went ahead and reactivated it to make some more detailed observations. In portrait, forget thumb typing with two hands. My palms are over the keys on the sides. In landscape, with two hands, I can thumb it ok but it's a little bit of a stretch to the center, and I have big hands. My wife can't do it with her smaller hands. Her palms also hang over a bit in portrait mode like mine did. Basically... if you are going to type, hold it in landscape with one hand, hunt/peck with the other hand. Or use Siri. One other point to make is that holding it with both hands requires the wrists to be flexed a little more than they would be with the larger iPad. Not a whole lot more... I just compared and it's more at the elbows than the wrists that I found myself adjusting with, but it does feel a little more awkward. My impression here is that Apple made a mistake by narrowing the bezel. They should have left it thick all the way around. I think they should have kept the size as is; thickened the bezel and in the process make the display the same aspect ratio as the iPhone 5; tightened up the pixel density so the resolution matches the iPhone 5; and allowed it to run iPhone apps with their Retina assets. Actually the pixel density would have to be tighter to accommodate existing non-Retina iPad apps also. So rather than 1136x640 to match the iPhone 5, it'd have to be 1364x768. This would also make it more competitive with other devices like the Nexus 7, which I was considering. Right now, I think the iPad mini is just overpriced given the lower res display. Long-term, here's what I think Apple should be doing to accommodate the demands of the market in the near future. Make 2 models of the iPhone and the iPad. One model of the iPhone matching the current aspect ratio of the iPhone 5, and a second that is wider that matches the iPad "maxi" at 4:3. Make the iPad mini the 16:9 aspect version of the iPad line and leave the iPad "maxi" as-is (16:9 just won't work at that size). Drop support for non-Retina iPhones and the iPad 1/2 so developers can target Retina iPhone/iPod touch; Retina iPad; and iPad mini. It will be a very long time before they can do a Retina version of the iPad mini without compromising battery life and weight anyway. [/QUOTE]
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